A GIRAFFE in South Africa died when his head hit a highway overpass while being transported in a wide-open container.

In a scene eerily similar to one from Hangover 3, the exotic animal was travelling down Pretoria’s N1 highway on Thursday when his dim-witted driver drove under a bridge, sending the giraffe’s head directly into the overpass, Johannesburg’s Eye Witness News reports.

“All we can ascertain at this stage is severe head trauma,” the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals’ Rick Allan said Thursday.

“We are continuing our investigation with the view to possibly lay criminal charges against those responsible.”

As the story made its way around social media, people couldn’t keep themselves from pointing out its shocking resemblance to the infamous Hangover 3 scene in which Zach Galifianakis’ character, Alan, decapitated his brand new giraffe on a highway overpass.

“Didn’t this happen in Hangover 3? How is this real life?” a user tweeted.